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2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

5 Ranked Colleges
206 Degrees Awarded
$30,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 8,718 people earned their degree in health/medical prep programs, making the major the 91st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, health/medical prep programs graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,843 and had an average of $24,525 in loans still to pay off.

Across the New England region, there were 415 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,200 and $26,580 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 206 health/medical prep programs graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in health/medical prep programs. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent health/medical prep programs programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the health/medical prep programs program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The medical prep school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region”.

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Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Health/Medical Prep Programs in the New England Region

#1

Castleton University

Castleton, Vermont

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Castleton University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Castleton is a small public school situated in Castleton, Vermont. It awarded 32 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.

Castleton also took the #3 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Castleton University is $17,637 for new england region bachelor’s degree medical prep students.

Full Castleton University Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 131 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s medical prep students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MCPHS University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is $37,712 for new england region bachelor’s degree medical prep students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Health/Medical Prep Programs Report

#3

University of New England

Biddeford, Maine
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New England. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Biddeford, Maine, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.

UNE did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $34,118 for new england region bachelor’s degree medical prep students per year to attend University of New England.

The low student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Health/Medical Prep Programs at UNE

#4

Becker College

Worcester, Massachusetts
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Becker College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. This small school is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s medical prep degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree medical prep students list, Becker College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $32,920 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students per year to attend Becker College.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Becker College

#5

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Medical Prep Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s medical prep degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Health/Medical Prep Programs Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $30,259 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Medical Prep students per year to attend Boston University.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Health/Medical Prep Programs at Boston U

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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